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… This scheme was a prototype of the social security system introduced in 1938 by the Labour government. (By that time …
Type: Biography
… put aside their traditional instruments in favour of introduced versions such as the jew’s harp, which replaced …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori musical instruments – taonga puoro
… from Europe, and New Zealanders who had travelled overseas, introduced fresh ideas about dining out. People were no …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Department stores and shopping malls
… Māori the kind of administrative control they proposed to introduce. 1835 Declaration of Independence In 1835 a group …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Kāwanatanga – Māori engagement with the state
… the areas where they clustered. A range of other immigrants introduced mosques, temples, halal butchers and ethnic …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Auckland region
… ship’s carpenters aboard James Cook’s vessels. Cook also introduced steel tools to New Zealand, trading items such as …
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Part of story: Building trades
… of almost 1 centimetre per year. In New Zealand it is only introduced earthworms such as Aporrectodea caliginosa that …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Earthworms
… the early stages of an island invasion. They deliberately introduced an all-male group of rats to a rat-free island …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Life sciences
… types of flowering and cone-bearing plants have been introduced to New Zealand since 1769, most as garden plants. …
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Part of story: Gardens
… To overcome the many obstacles to farming, the government introduced development schemes for land owned by Māori or …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Northland region
… company suffered its first accident. In April 1955 Fieldair introduced the first twin-engined topdressing aircraft, a …
Type: Biography
… Trawling (dragging a net along the sea floor) was introduced in 1900, and Danish seining (encircling schooling …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Fishing industry
… as a heavyweight. (The light-heavyweight class was not introduced until 1903.) However, he reduced his weight in …
Type: Biography
… had become too numerous. The Department of Agriculture introduced stoats, weasels and ferrets to kill rabbits, but …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Government and agriculture
… owing to the good work of John Morgan and local Māori in introducing European agriculture, particularly wheatgrowing. …
Type: Biography
… well as conducting large adult classes, Elizabeth Gard'ner introduced sessions for girls from Christchurch primary …
Type: Biography
… stations were subsidised. Television When television was introduced in 1960, rural reception again became an issue. …
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Part of story: Rural services
… the tax incentives for individual and corporate donations introduced in 2008. Art form development A further objective …
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Part of story: Arts funding and support
… and was elected president in 1945. During his time the club introduced the photo finish, filming of races, and routine …
Type: Biography
… Zealand from Australia in the 1960s, and are a rare self-introduced native. In 2005 there were around 100 birds on …
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Part of story: Wetland birds